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Upcoming Event!

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Everything We Need is Already Here
Eco-creative strategies for a climate changed future.

A discussion and exchange led by Tanja Beer and Lisa Woynarski
Friday, February 21, 2025 – 6-7:30 PM, Barnard Design Center

Sponsored by the Barnard College Department of Theatre and made possible by the Dasha Amsterdam Epstein fund for visiting scholars and artists. Co-sponsored by the Barnard Office of Sustainability and the Barnard Design Center.

This event will focus on how creativity can be mobilized as an agent of change to support social and ecological justice in a time of crisis. There will be an emphasis on how case studies from theatre and performance can have wider applications in climate justice work, for example how the principles of place-based, circular, and regenerative practice can be applied to theatre making as well as in non-theatrical climate contexts.

Register here!

Q43 is out now!

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Q43: Intertidal Encounters

GUEST EDITOR: Sarah Blisset

Intertidal Encounters ask: what are the stories cast up by intertidal being/s and how do they come to matter? The Intertidal Encounters issue explores embodied ways of being with the ebb and flow of tides and shorelines. Intertidal Encounters invite us to enter worlds at the confluence of land and water where porous states and transcorporeal merging carve out new forms of co-existence.

Entanglements at these watery edges extend from rivers to rock pools, where an oat and an oyster turn tides with their love story and a leap into silt is a dance with the moon; these are places where saturated sands hold memories that rise with the waves and a tender embrace dissolves into salt.

Come and join us at the water’s edge.

To purchase individual print & digital issues, check out MagCloud.

Quarterlies are print-on-demand, and come with free digital downloads, or you can purchase digital downloads separately.

A new course is out!

Department of Utopian Arts and Letters, news

Choreodaemonics by Laurel Lawson & Sydney Skybetter

Choreodaemonics seeks to explore the creative opportunities and political risks of creative production through emerging technologies of AI, robotics and virtual presence.

Most urgently, “Choreodaemonics” examines the ideological, technological and aesthetic collisions wherever humans meet with emerging computational systems.

The phrase “choreodaemonics” is a contraction of “choreography” (the art of bodily movement through space and time creating meaning) and “daemon” (a background computational process).

Students will consider the histories and processes of creative production and technological development, and ultimately investigate the performative consequences of embodiment by computational agents through robots, avatars, games, software, customer service platforms and social media.

Click here to join!

Open Call!

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Awaji Art Circus is calling performing artists from around the globe for both 2025 and 2026 years!

Are you interested in performing in Japan? Do you want to expand your network and gain an unforgettable experience? Are you interested in regional revitalization through arts?

They invite you to share your amazing performing arts talents and become a part of the Awaji Art Circus family. You can watch about Awaji Art Circus experience here:

Work content: Perform as a cast member in an original theatre production, as well as at several local schools and in other related sub-events

When:

For 2025: Sep 15 (Mon) – Oct 28 (Tue), 2025　

For 2026: Sep 14 (Mon) – Oct 27 (Tue), 2026

Where: Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Who: All circus and other performing physical disciplines EXCEPT FOR fire-related performances. For AERIAL ARTISTS, please apply ONLY if you can do full independent floor act in addition to the aerial performance.

How to apply: Please check conditions on website and apply via the Online Application Form

Applications deadline: March 14 (Fri) 11:00 PM JST, 2025

They’re excited to welcome all of your amazing applications and hope to see you on Awaji Island!

CONTACT INFORMATION: 

Awaji Art Circus Executive Committee
E-mail: 4awajiartcircus@gmail.com

Upcoming Event!

Department of Utopian Arts and Letters, news

We warmly invite you to this special event, where Kimberly Skye Richards will be sharing about The Department of Utopian Arts and Letters.

Speculative Futures: new ways of thinking about energy, culture and climate change

Date & Time: Feb 12, 2025 02:00 PM

Join for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Kimberly Skye Richards and Dr. Sourayan Mookerjea on how speculative futures can help build just, sustainable, and healthy futures for the whole planet, and how we can start practicing it today.

Speculative futures is an envisioning process and design approach that brings together arts, social sciences, and humanities’ perspectives to address complex societal issues by inviting people to visualize new and potential futures. Increasingly, speculative futures is used to create solutions for the climate and biodiversity crises as well as the entangled injustices and inequities faced by communities.

Register here!

Speakers

Dr. Kimberly Skye Richards PhD.

Dr. Sourayan Mookerjea PhD

Moderator

Dr. Jackie Seidel

We look forward to seeing you there!

New Publishing Tool!

Creative Green Tools, news

We are excited to share that the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA), with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and guidance from New Society Publishers and ECW Press, has launched a new feature in the Creative Green Tools Canada (CG Tools)— the Publishing Tool.

What is the new Publishing Tool?

The “Publishing” footprint tool is a new addition to CG Tools designed to simplify the process of estimating the carbon footprint of book runs.

What can it measure?

The Publishing Tool tracks:

  • Production materials (paper, cover stock)
  • Transportation emissions (from production to distribution)

It also supports the input of custom emissions data received from a lifecycle footprint analysis (LCA), to keep everything in one place.

How does it support your publishing goals?

With the Publishing Tool, users can:

  • Compare the carbon footprint of different scenarios associated with your choices of materials, and different types of transportation for production and distribution.
  • Explore other footprinting options within the CG Tools to test the impact of your book tours and office operations.

How was the tool developed?

The new publishing footprint option in the CG Tools is a simplified version of the life cycle analysis (LCA) found in The Book Carbon Footprint Calculator 1.0, a detailed lifecycle analysis tool created through a collaboration between New Society Publishers and ECW Press.

The CSPA acknowledges the invaluable contributions of Jen Knoch from ECW Press and EJ Hurst from New Society Publishers, who have supported the development of this new tool as part of our advisory committee since January 2024. Their expertise and guidance have helped shape the Publishing Tool into a user-friendly resource that stays true to its core purpose of tracking, while also making it more accessible for publishers.

Ready to get started?

You’ll need basic information like:

  1. Book size and paper details
  2. Transportation distances and methods

Starting February 3rd, you can access the publishing tool in 3 steps:

  1. Create or log in to your CG Tools account.
  2. Create a new project.
  3. Select “Publishing” as the area you want to track.

Access the tools here!

Find all our Fireside Chats on Mighty Networks!

Fireside Chats, news

The Fireside Chats emerged from a desire to learn from Indigenous voices. These chats have been created in partnership with our friends at @naheyawin and the support of our amazing guests. Each chat stems from the shared excitement and passion of all of us to engage in meaningful conversations around sustainable practice that both inspire and educate.

We would love to see you join the chats. However, we understand not everyone will be able to join live.
That’s why we have created this space where you can access the recordings anytime!

Access the recordings on Mighty Networks here!

Sign up for our newsletter to know about our next live Fireside Chat!

Call for participants!

CSPA, news

Are you interested in exploring how the arts and culture sector can respond to climate-related disasters and be resilient in the long term?


Thanks to the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, we’re inviting Canadian arts and culture organizations of all kinds to help us develop a climate adaptation and disaster risk mitigation framework tailored to the sector!


We’re seeking representatives from arts and culture organizations to participate in a collaborative workshop at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in May 2025 and to test the resulting framework in fall 2025.


Travel costs and accommodation to the workshop will be covered, and participants will receive a $1,000 honorarium for their time and expertise.


Applications will be open until February 3rd, 2025.


Follow the link in bio for more information and to submit an application.


For more information and to submit your application click here.


For questions, please contact Emily at emily@sustainablepractice.org


Help us build a stronger, more resilient future for the arts!

Vous souhaitez explorer comment le secteur des arts et de la culture peut répondre aux catastrophes liées au climat et devenir plus résilient sur le long terme ?


Grâce au généreux soutien du Conseil des arts du Canada, nous invitons les organismes artistiques et culturels de tout le Canada à contribuer à l’élaboration d’un cadre d’adaptation au climat et de réduction des risques de catastrophes, spécialement conçu pour le secteur !


Nous recherchons des représentants d’organismes artistiques et culturels pour participer à un atelier collaboratif au Ross Creek Centre for the Arts en mai 2025, puis pour tester le cadre proposé à l’automne 2025.


Les frais de déplacement et d’hébergement pour l’atelier seront pris en charge, et les participants recevront un honorarium de 1 000 $ pour leur temps et leur expertise.


Les candidatures sont ouvertes jusqu’au 3 février 2025.
Pour plus d’informations et pour déposer votre candidature, cliquez ici.


Pour toute question, veuillez contacter Emily à l’adresse suivante : emily@sustainablepractice.org


Aidez-nous à construire un avenir plus fort et plus résilient pour les arts !

Open Call!

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As we enter the fourth year of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the European Marine Board (EMB) is looking for two new artists/groups of artists for the 2025 – 2026 edition of their ‘EMBracing the Ocean’ artist-in-residence programme. 

The EMBracing the Ocean programme provides euro grants for creative individuals/groups from a wide range of disciplines to engage in a two-way co-creation of artwork in collaboration with Ocean scientists. 

The aims of the programme are: 

  1. Raise societal awareness of and embrace connection to the Ocean
  2. Inspire positive behaviour towards sustainability
  3. Contribute new insight and/or perspectives to science

The programme is open to creative individuals/groups from a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Both emerging and established artists will be considered by the committee. Prior experience in co-creation with scientists and/or communities and working on sustainability topics is desirable.

Applications are welcome from across the world, and from a wide range of creative disciplines, including but not limited to:

  • visual arts (e.g. drawing, painting, filmmaking, photography, sculpting, digital arts, installation art);
  • literary arts (e.g. fiction, drama, poetry, storytelling);
  • performing arts (e.g. dance, music, theatre); and
  • traditional and indigenous arts.

More information on the call and how to apply is available on the EMB website: https://www.marineboard.eu/open-calls.

Artists and scientists looking for collaborators to develop proposals with can post on the Ocean Decade art-science networking group. 

For any questions please email Britt Alexander at the EMB Secretariat (balexander@marineboard.eu)

Holiday Closure Notice

CSPA, news

Nous sommes fermés pour le temps des fêtes!

Holiday Closure Notice: The CSPA will be closed on Monday, December 23rd, 2024 – January 3rd, 2025. Reopening on January 4th, 2025. 

Avis de fermeture pour les fêtes: Le CSPA sera fermé lundi 23 décembre jusqu’au 3 janvier 2025. Réouverture le lundi 4 janvier 2025.

As the winter break approaches, we want to thank you!

Whether you’re taking part in our programs, exploring our free courses, reading our publications, or following along on our journey this year—thank you for being here.

We wish you a wonderful start to the year! We can’t wait to share our upcoming projects with you!

Alors que les vacances d’hiver approchent, nous tenons à vous remercier !

Que vous participiez à nos programmes, exploriez nos cours gratuits, lisiez nos publications ou suiviez notre parcours lors de cette année — merci d’être là.

Nous vous souhaitons un merveilleux début d’année! Et avons hâte de vous partager nos prochains projets!